Nose-bag.



J. A. PBTRO.

HOSE BAG.

APPLICATION FILED 31119 I .c. 1n: NORRIS PETERS cm. WASHINGTON, n

STATES NOSE-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1910.

Application filed January 19, 1910. Serial No. 538,842.

T all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. PETRO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Nose-Bag, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a feed bag, consisting ofseparate, telescoped elements, forming a compartment between them, inwhich the grain is adapted to be stored, the construction being suchthat the grain will feed from the storing compartment into the innerbag.

Another object of the invention is so to construct the device that theopening which communicates with the storage compartment and the interiorof the inner bag, will be held open when the device is in use; and tothis end, an undulating ring is introduced into the structure, as willbe hereinafter more fully described.

Another object of the invention is so to construct a device of the classabove mentioned, that the inner bag will be prevented from cavinginwardly under the pressure of the confined grain, to bear against thehead of the animal which is eating the grain.

Another object of the invention is so to unite component elements of thestructure that the grain which is inclosed between the telescoped bags,will be fed through the opening which is located adjacent the bottom ofthe inner bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a suspension device forthe structure, so constructed that both the inner and the outer bagswill be upheld when the device is in use.

WVith the above and other objects in .view, the invention consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described,depicted in the drawings, and specifically claimed, it being understood,that, within the scope of what is claimed, divers changes in the form,proportions, and minor details of the structure may be made, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the drawmgs.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 shows the invention inperspective; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof, parts being shownin elevation; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the undulating ringwhich enters into the structure; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section ofthe device, the cutting plane following the undulations of the ring.

In carrying out the invention, a pair of telescoped bags are provided,the outer of which is denoted by the numeral 1. This outer bag 1 isprovided with a bottom 2, fashioned from leather, canvas, light sheetmetal, or the like.

An undulating ring denoted by the numeral 17 in Fig. 1 and shown to bestadvantage in Fig. 3, is provided. The lower end of the inner bag 5 isfolded over the ring 17, and the straight, depressed portions 3 of thering are, together with the folded over portion 6 of the inner bag,secured to the bottom 2. The upwardly conveXed portions A of the ringserve to uphold portions of the lower edge of the inner bag 5, to defineopenings, forming a communication between the interior of the inner bag5 and the compartment 9 which is defined by the side walls of the bags 1and 5. Diverging lines of stitching 8 unite the outer bag 1 with theinner bag 5, said lines of stitching terminating at the ends of thedepressed portions 3 of the ring 17.

Located at suitable intervals above the un dulating ring 17, are otherspaced rings 10 which, being united with the inner bag 5 serve to holdthe bag in distended position.

Diametrically opposite points upon the upper edge of the inner bag 5 areconnected by means of a head strap 11, provided with a buckle 12,whereby the length of the strap may be adjusted. The upper ends ofdiverging straps 15, are united with each other and with the head strap11, the lower ends of the members being secured to the outer bag 1, thelower ends 14 of the head strap 11 being disposed between the members 15and, as hereinbefore stated, united with the periphery of the inner bag5. The outer bag 1 is surrounded, adjacent its upper end, by a pluralityof eyes 16, adapted to receive a draw-string 18.

In practical operation, the grain is disposed in the compartment 9 fromwhich compartment, it will be deflected, through the medium of thediverging rows of stitching 8, to pass through the openings 7 into theinner bag 5, to rest upon the bottom 2. When the openings 7 are closedby grain, no more grain will pass into the inner bag 5, until the animalhas eaten a sufficient quantity of the grain within the inner bag 5, tolower the level of the grain within the inner bag, below the openings 7.Therefore, it will be impossible for the draft animal to soil or moistenthe entire contents of the compartment 9. The particular form given tothe undulated ring 17 enables the ring to serve at once as a means formain taining the openings 7 normally open, and as a means whereby theinner bag 5 may be securely assembled with the bottom 2. lVere it notfor the presence of the rings 10, the inner bag 5, under the pressure ofthe grain in the compartment 9, would be caved inwardly, to bear againstthe head of the ani mal eating from the bag, closing his nostrils, andmaterially impairing the utility of the device. After the compartment 9has been filled with grain in the barn, the drawstring 18 may beoperated to close the bags together at their upper ends, so that thedevice may be disposed in convenient form, without danger of spillingthe grain. Owing to the fact that the head strap 10 is connected withthe inner bag 5 at the ends 14 of the strap, and with the outer bag 1 bymeans of the diverging straps 15, the weight of the grain is evenlydistributed, so that neither of the bags 1 nor 5 will be likely to betorn. The weight of the grain is, moreover, evenly distributedthroughout the structure, by reason of the fact that the inner bag 5 isconnected to the undulated ring 17 which, in its turn, is connected withthe relatively strong bottom 2 of the outer bag 1.

Obviously, if desired, the stitching which is denoted by the numeral 8may be continued upwardly, as denoted by the numeral 19, thus dividingthe space between the outer bag 1 and the inner bag 5 into a pluralityof separative compartments.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe class described comprising telescoped bags defining a compartmentbetween them, there being an openin in the inner bag adjacent the bottomthereof, communicating with the compartment; spaced rings connected withthe inner bag and extending entirely around the inner bag intermediateits ends; a flexible member terminally secured to the inner bag tosupport, the said bag and to hold the same taut between the rings; andindependent flexible members connecting the intermediate portion of thefirst named flexible member with the periphery of the outer bag.

2. A device of the class described comprising telescoped bags, the outerof which is provided with a bottom; and an undulat ing ring havingstraight, depressed portions disposed in a common plane and secured tothe bottom within the periphery of the bottom, the inner bag beingsecured between the depressed portions of the ring and the bottom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presenceof two witnesses,

JOHN PETRO.

